04.19.2015 Sports Golf Gazette: The commonality of golf, seen in a Masters moment Years ago I would have early-morning phone chats with my good friend, Wayne DePetris. We talked about everything. Wayne was a golfer, so, of course, many of our conversations...
02.02.2015 Sports Golf Gazette: Ideas for shaping up your game over the winter Congratulations! You made it through the holidays. Well done. Now, I don’t mean to pry and what you say here, stays here. So, just how many big ones did...
12.06.2014 Sports Golf Gazette: 2014 has been a big golfing year One of my favorite holiday tunes is the Andy Williams classic, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Thanks to the commercialism that has stepped all over the...
10.04.2014 Sports Golf Gazette: Cedars kids kept busy over the summer Conversation overheard this past summer around the North Fork: Matilda, age 10: “I’m so bored this summer. There’s nothing to do around here.” Gus, age 12: “I know. All...
08.16.2014 Sports Meet the Greenport golfer who is 91, still going strong I have a bad case of senioritis. No, not that senioritis. Your golf guy is more than a few decades past cutting classes, pulling pranks, and tossing his tassel....
07.26.2014 Sports Golf Gazette: Is a 15-inch hole a cure for golf’s ills? Ladies and gentlemen, the game of golf is in need of some help. Yes, Houston, we do, indeed, have a problem. According to the National Golf Foundation, golf has...
04.06.2014 Sports Golf Gazette: A dream comes true for new Cedars owner When I was in seventh grade back in the 1950s, it was my dream to own a transistor radio and a new set of golf clubs. The modest earnings...
03.08.2014 Sports Golf Gazette: Another failed attempt at retirement Back in December, as I was roaming around the house looking for something to do, my better half said, “You remind me of Brett Favre.” “Huh?” I chirped. “You...
08.07.2012 Sports Golf Gazette: Peconic’s own ‘$6 million man’ has a smooth swing Some of you out there, probably mostly baby-boomers, may remember the television show from the mid 1970s starring Lee Majors, “The Six Million Dollar Man.” Majors played a former...
07.25.2012 Sports Golf Gazette: What are your pet peeves on the links? Regular readers of the Golf Gazette know I have little tolerance for cell-phone use on the golf course. Come to think of it, I’m not a big fan of...